Her Blue Sky (Book1)

Three

James

I sprinted down the hall and hid inside the restroom to pick my scattered thoughts up. What the hell?! I almost witnessed live porn in there. I would’ve not been surprised if it was Maddox I walked in on as he’s basically a man w***e, but Sky? I mean, I don’t think he's practicing celibacy or anything like that, but I’ve never in my life heard that he gets it on in a semi-public place. Not that I'm keeping tabs or anything. Okay, fine. Sometimes I do stalk him on Social Media.

I stared at myself in the mirror looking flushed. That was by far the most embarrassing experience I’ve had with him. He was the only member of Lucid Mantra that I don’t get to have conversations with simply because I feel absolutely self-conscious around him. I get all sweaty and nervous when he’s around and now, I have to write songs with him. I don’t know if I’ll be able to handle that because I’ve been in love with him since we first met 7 years ago and boy do I remember that day so well.

It was one of those moments when my father would bring me to work to teach me things generally about music and running a company. And at that time, Maddox, Jaxon, Maverick, and Sky were the newly signed rock band he was so excited about. They were practicing in one of the studios when my father and I burst in to check on them. All four of them were star-struck upon seeing Griffin Hayes which happens even to the best of us. He’s a legend in his own rights and then he actually marries the most gorgeous woman in the world, so that kinda puts him up on an extremely high pedestal.

Once they were done gushing like fangirls, my father introduced me to each of them. All four looked at me in a funny way, but Sky’s gaze was the most intense. Personally, I’ve always thought he’s the hottest among the four. Sure Jaxon, Maddox, and Maverick were all insanely hot too, but Sky was on a different level in my opinion. He has the most intense dark brown eyes, dark brown always clean-shaven at the sides and kept a bit long and well-styled at the top kind of hair, A super well-toned body, and a panty-dropping grin. Did I also mention that at a young age he was already a genius at writing songs and playing the guitar? Oh, and he can also sing, so perfect right?

A few years down the road and here we are. Still awkward as hell, but secretly checking each other out. Leave it to my father to come up with insane ideas to train and test my capabilities. He says he’s only going to take me seriously and put my name on an album if I can prove that I’m talented enough to write for our biggest artist, which is totally unfair because he already knows what I can do. I’ve been writing songs for his record label for almost three years now and those songs have been topping the charts. I’d normally ignore his demands because I know it’s for my own good and it helps me grow some backbone, but I don’t think I’ll be able to handle Sky at all.

A few hours into the night, I was ready to go home after Colin and I discussed my job description and other things concerning the band. We were heading out when he saw the only person I want to avoid tonight waiting outside. “Sky!” Oh, f**k. This is just great, now I have to endure the awkwardness yet again. Thank you, Colin! I was looking at anything, but Sky and when I heard him say he has a headache which is why he’s leaving, I couldn’t stop giving him an eye roll. He must’ve gotten a headache from watching the blond girl’s massive t**s bouncing up and down anyway.

Colin gave him general details about what we’re supposed to be doing and why I’m here and then he abruptly left. I like Colin, I'm biologically built to like him, and seriously, he's super awesome, but that was an absolute d**k move because I was left standing there participating in a staring contest with Sky. “Oh, will you look at that, it’s already late so goodnight,” I said before power-walking away from him. "Goodnight, James!" he shouted and I felt butterflies in my stomach. Oh, brother. We've only been in each other's presence for about five to seven minutes and I was already panicking and/or falling apart.

I need to get a grip and start acting normal when he's around otherwise, I think this whole thing is somewhat a disaster waiting to happen. I still have a month to psych and force myself to engage in conversations with him more. Perhaps I can try establishing a good working relationship and maybe ask Maverick for advice on how to deal with Sky since he's the nicest and the closest to me. God, I don't know anymore!

I felt my phone vibrate inside my pocket, so I checked who just texted in the middle of the night and I almost dropped my phone over the balcony.

Sky: Hey! It's me Sky. I know it's late you're probably asleep, but I just think we should get together and talk about stuff. Maybe tomorrow? Over coffee? Let me know.

Oh my god! What am I supposed to say or do? I paced around trying to decide whether I should reply right away or not. I don't want to be rude, but I also don't want to seem like I'm too eager. Oh for god's sake, James! It isn't a date, it's a business meeting.

Me: Yeah, I guess. Just tell me when and where.

I was thinking that he's no longer going to respond but then he immediately did.

Sky: Awesome! Meet you at the studio tomorrow at 3 PM. I'll bring coffee.

Me: Okay.

Sky: Okay! Sleep tight... (winky emoji)

See... it's a business meeting. I don't know if I should be happy or sad about that, but at least we're meeting at a common ground. I stood outside for a bit thinking about the conundrum I'm stuck in before going to bed. Hopefully, tomorrow I won't royally screw up things between me and him.